I was physically threatened over the phone today. An older man was incensed that I had (or rather my computer dialer had) dialed his number incorrectly--this happens when someone is issued a phone number that had belonged to a previous person...it's happened to me, it happens to millions of people in America.

I did my best to apologize to the man--my best Doris Day approcach, and reassure him that I was putting him down as a wrong number--but the more I tried to be nice and apologetic and just get off the phone with the old freak, the more insensed he became and then--without warning, he because screeching profanity at me, and then said, "if you call me again, I'm gonna get a knife or a gun, and find you..." Thereby committing a federal offense (threatening or harrassing someone over the phones, across state lines, is actually a federal crime in the USA)...and which point I had been trying to tell him to calm down, that I was doing just as he was telling me to--but I hang up. You just can't reason with a rabid dog.

I suppose I could have written down his phone number and the exact time of the call (which is automatically recorded) and call the New York State Police. But, who cares? This is more or less "normal" American behavior these days...no joke.

Yes, Americans do often foam at the mouth like mad dogs, or something as innocent and completely HARMLES, as a wrong number. I mean, at best, it's merely an inconvenience! If it bothers these people so much, they can get the number changed, or get an unlisted number--or just yank out the damn phone, if it's making them that mentally unstable.

The 2nd Amednment of our constitution, was written when this country--a brand new country, less than 170 years after the first white settlers landed at Jamestown, was barely out of its proverbial diapers... and, we were on the brink of war with one of the world's major superpowers---with bloodthirsty native American warriors thrown in--in modern comparison, it might be a bit like New Zealand going to war with Russia. So, militias were sorely needed. This is no longer the case, for, despite the depletion of our military resources by the "war" in Iraq and the war in Afghanistan, outside of the National Guard--which is funded by both the state and federal government--there are no other RECOGNIZED militias in the US.

However, there ARE "club" militias...often white Arian (Nazi-style or KKK) "militias" that are totally independent of government control, and whom often have no real interest in preserving the peace or democracy--their true purpose is much more sinister and evil...they exist to wipe anyone who isn't white Anglo-Saxon protestant American, off the map. I kid yo not. Most especially, they hate blacks, Muslims and hispanics...and Jews, and the British, and the French, and the Russians...pretty much everyone but their own redneck little band of neanderthals.

I really wish I were kidding, but sadly, I'm not--these "militia-men" exist by the tens of thousands--every state in the USA has them. It's one of our better kept dirty little secrets. Something the National Rifle Association--which many white politicians belong to-- rather you didn't know about. It was two "militia-men" domestic terrorists, who blew up the federal building in Oklahoma city in 1995, killing over 150 people, and injuring some 450--including children in a day care centre inside the building.

These pseudo-patriotc "Americans" often wish to undermine the US constitution, because they don't understand its intent, and harbour some quaking fear of authority figures--anxeity disorder, mummy syndrome...who knows? These club memebers are so uneducated or mentally unstable, that they suffer from "end time" paranoia, and want to be "ready" for the "invasion"--whether that be Russia, North Korea, China, terrorists, nuclear or chemical weapons from the (laughably they really believe this) Middle East, The Second Coming of Christ, or UFO aliens---the reason for stockpiling weapons and food and learning survival techniques varies from one redneck "tribe" to another.

Also, in the USA, almost anyone can get a gun....whether they plan on using it for hunting (and tens of thousands of so-called American "hunters" quite and very literally, DO NOT KNOW what a deer looks like)--or for so-called "self-defense." The truth is, most guns in America, are used in crimes---are used on people the shooter KNOWS...their wife, child, husband, mum, dad, cousins, friends, co-workers and criminal associates. True, sometimes innocent people get caught in cross-fire, and sometimes an untreated mentally ill person, or someone suffering a sudden "breakdown," will take a gun and start shooting random people--either for some kind of power trip, or just for some attention.

Yes, there are responsible gun owners out there--but they are becoming fewer and further between. yet...even convicted criminals in many states, can very easily get hold of a gun.legally...even a hunting license!

In the wake of the recession, in California alone, FIVE families have fallen victim in the past several months, to murder-suicides with guns.

Many hunters and other gun owners actually BRAG about letting their 3 to 8 year olds handle and fire loaded guns! These would be the 3 to 8 year olds that TOALLY LACK any proper ADULT judgement when it comes to using a firearm, mind you. They can't drive a car, they can't drink a beer...but they can go out and shoot live ammo at anything that moves. What's wrong with this picture???

Here's what the Second Amendment has to say:

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

Today, the National Rifle Association and gun lovers across America, take this to mean that every American has a right to own a handgun and/or rifle, or even an automatic weapon, like an Uzi. And, they are trying their hardest to see that ANY laws restricting that right--whether those laws are intended to save Americans from their fellow Americans--and do away with regulations...basically, the gun lobby wants America to back in time the wild west of the mid-1800's...they fail to see that laws and rules are what keep us civilized..they don't want the responsibility of keeping America save from Americans...they only care about defenseless animals, criminals only invading the gun owner's own personal space, and terrorists/Communists/aliens and the 2nd coming of Jesus.

I'm for calling a duck and duck, and making the Second Amendment Constitution of the United States, FINALLY taken literally--used to mean PROPER state militias (such as the National Guard), and NOT anyone who wants to own a gun.

Click here to vote--should every American be allowed to own a gun???

http://www.usatoday.com/news/quickquestion/2007/november/popup5895.htm